Tag Archives: Master

“FRONTIER IN SPACE” – Season 10, Serial 3, Story 67 – Written by Malcolm Hulke; Directed by Paul Bernard and David Maloney (uncredited) – The Third Doctor and Jo get embroiled in the Master’s plot to get Earth and Draconia involved in an interstellar work. There’s lots of going back and forth and lots of…

“THE TIME MONSTER” – Season 9, Serial 5, Story 64 – Written by Robert Sloman (and Barry Letts); Directed by Paul Bernard – Season 9 comes to a close with the return of the Master. This time he’s trying to bring Kronos through time from Atlantis to … well, to do whatever the Master always…

“THE DAEMONS” – Season 8, Serial 5, Story 59 – Written Credit to “Guy Leopold,” actually written by Barry Letts and Robert Sloman; Directed by Christopher Barry – The Third Doctor, Jo, and UNIT get caught up in the Master’s plan to raise Azal, an ancient, alien Daemon who came here a long, long time…

“COLONY IN SPACE” – Season 8, Serial 4, Story 58 – Written by Malcolm Hulke; Directed by Michael E. Briant – The Third Doctor and Jo finally get to go for a ride in the TARDIS, thanks to the Time Lords needing to use him to stop the Master. Who cares why, at least the…

“THE CLAWS OF AXOS” – Season 8, Serial 3, Story 57 – Written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin; Directed by Michael Ferguson – The Third Doctor, Jo, and UNIT are on hand to investigate an alien threat, but some dickish British middle-man politician decides he’s in charge. Awesome. Because there’s nothing better than watching…

“THE MIND OF EVIL” – Season 8, Serial 2, Story 56 – Written by Don Houghton; Directed by Timothy Combe – The Third Doctor and Jo visit a prison to watch a man have the evil sucked out of his brain. The Brigadier and UNIT are in charge of a peace conference and they’re doing…

“TERROR OF THE AUTONS” – Season 8, Serial 1, Story 55 – Written by Robert Holmes; Directed by Barry Letts – It’s new companion time, as Jo Grant takes her place at the Doctor’s side. It’s an episode of debuts, as Captain Mike Yates and a little old chap called the Master make their first…

“THE END OF TIME” – Post-Series 4 Specials, Episodes 4 & 5, Story 202 – Written by Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat (final scene only); Directed by Euros Lyn – The Tenth Doctor rides into the sunset, but not before putting off death for as long as he could and saying goodbye to absolutely…

“UTOPIA,” “THE SOUND OF DRUMS,” and “THE LAST OF THE TIME LORDS” – Series 3, Episodes 11-13, Story 187 – Written by Russell T Davies; Directed by Graeme Harper (11) and Colin Teague (12-13) – Welcome to a rather unique story: 3 big, engaging parts that take us to the end of time to witness…

“DOCTOR WHO: THE TV MOVIE” – 1996 Special, Story 157 – The Seventh Doctor gets a grim and gritty death and the Eighth Doctor emerges with really bad hair. Things have changed since we bid goodbye to the Doctor in SURVIVAL: the TARDIS had traded in its white control room for something big and roomy…

“Trial of a Time Lord: Parts 13-14: The Ultimate Foe” – Season 23, Serial 4, Story 144d – The Trial of the Sixth Doctor comes to an end, but not before subjecting us to silly plot twists, another trip into the always stupid Matrix, terrible acting, hack writing, and Mel. The Valeyard plays Magus to…